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diff --git a/Doc/library/codecs.rst b/Doc/library/codecs.rst index 3729dac..fb3af3b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/codecs.rst +++ b/Doc/library/codecs.rst @@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ manages the codec and error handling lookup process. It defines the following functions: -.. function:: encode(obj, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict') +.. function:: encode(obj, [encoding[, errors]]) - Encodes *obj* using the codec registered for *encoding*. + Encodes *obj* using the codec registered for *encoding*. The default + encoding is ``utf-8``. *Errors* may be given to set the desired error handling scheme. The default error handler is ``strict`` meaning that encoding errors raise @@ -32,9 +33,10 @@ It defines the following functions: :exc:`UnicodeEncodeError`). Refer to :ref:`codec-base-classes` for more information on codec error handling. -.. function:: decode(obj, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict') +.. function:: decode(obj, [encoding[, errors]]) - Decodes *obj* using the codec registered for *encoding*. + Decodes *obj* using the codec registered for *encoding*. The default + encoding is ``utf-8``. *Errors* may be given to set the desired error handling scheme. The default error handler is ``strict`` meaning that decoding errors raise |